Hawkwind:High Rise Lyrics

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Flat blockOf two dimensionsNeon tote board to the skyKeeping scores of people stacked up so highAbove the groundThat all they can hear is the soundOf the wind in the antennaeIt's a human zooA suicide machine

ChildhoodOf concrete cube-shapedA flypaper stuck with human lifeCaged up rageSwarming hornet hiveTear out the telephonesRip out the pages of directoriesAnd wreck all theseHigh speed lifts and elevatorsBe a sabotage rebel without applause

High riseLiving in a high riseHigh riseLiving in a high riseHigh riseLiving in a high riseHigh riseYou're all stacked up in a high rise block

High riseLiving in a high riseHigh riseLiving in a high riseHigh riseLiving in a high riseHigh riseAll stacked up in a high rise block

StarfishOf human blood shapeThe tentacles of human goreSpread out on the pavement from the 99th floorWell, somebody said he jumpedBut we know he was pushedAnd he was just like you might have beenOn the 99th floor of a suicide machine

High riseLiving in a high riseHigh riseLiving in a high riseHigh riseLiving in a high riseHigh riseAll stacked up in a high rise block

High riseLiving in a high riseHigh riseLiving in a high riseHigh riseAll stacked up in a high rise block

High riseLiving in a high riseHigh riseLiving in a high riseHigh riseAll stacked up in a high rise block